In a middleware, how can I get current logged in user? - laravel-5

Question

I am creating a middleware that checks if user is currently logged in and is super admin.
This is my middleware code.
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class CheckAdmin
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #param string|null $guard
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->guest()) {
// also need to check a field of user
return redirect()->guest('login');
} else {
return $next($request);
}
}
}
Actually, it's the same as the default middleware Authenticate (i.e. 'auth')
It's working well when I use it in app's routing. (app/Http/routes.php)
I need to use it with cuddy plugin middleware option. It should redirects only guest users, but it's not. Please help!

Answer 1

Authenticate middleware by default checks if user is guest and redirects him to login page see below
if (Auth::guard($guard)->guest()) {
if ($request->ajax() || $request->wantsJson()) {
return response('Unauthorized.', 401); //if ajax request
} else {
return redirect()->guest('login'); //redirect
}
}
Now if u want to check if user is logged and check some user fields here how it should be
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if(Auth::check()) { //If is logged in
$user = Auth::user();
if($user->isSuperAdmin())
return $next($request);
}
return redirect('/whatever');
}
If you attach 'auth' middleware + this custom middleware. You can get rid of "Auth::check()" in the custom middleware.
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web', 'auth', 'custom']], function () {
Route::get('/url/only/for/super/users', 'Whatever#whateverController');
});
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
$user = Auth::user();
if($user->isSuperAdmin())
return $next($request);
return redirect('/whatever');
}

Answer 2

There is many helper functions in laravel that you can use anywhere like auth() helper, see helpers. So you can use this code anywhere:
auth()->user();